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Performances will begin next February of a play based on Nobuhiro Watsuki's manga Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story by Takarazuka Revue's Snow Troupe, and on Oct. 20 the newest visual was posted and the cast announced on a special site.

Matsui Jurina will cancel her concurrent position in AKB48. She will continue her activities as a member of SKE48 only. This announcement was made by Jurina herself on Nippon Broadcast's "AKB48 All Night Nippon ~Konya, Matsui Jurina ga Namahousou ...

Hold onto your Pokeballs, we will be having an official "Pokemon Gym" opening in Japan soon, in fact, it is opening next month! The facility will be called the Pokemon EXPO gym, and it's opening in Osaka, Japan on November 19, 2015, which is only ...

Star Wars fans in Japan have to be the luckiest group of Padawans on the planet. From samurai figurines to cup clingers to ukiyo-e woodblock-style covers, limited-edition releases in the Land of the Rising Sun are blessed with extraordinary detail...

Dragon Ball Super is a popular TV series for Japan only. Twitter When we saw the images of the female Whis and the fatter Beerus, we kept wondering who they were. Now we have answers, thanks to Saiyan Island (via Attack of the Fanboy) -- who gave ...

Earlier this year, volume 7 of Big Order, the ongoing 2011 manga by Future Diary author Sakae Esuno, announced that the release of volume eight would feature an OVA episode with its limited edition. Now, the standard edition of volume eight, out O...

It's time for another fun survey from anime informational website Charapedia! The site recently asked 10,000 of its users to share their top picks for the top 20 manga/anime series that they would like to show to their children.

Idea Factory International has announced today that the strategy RPG Trillion: God of Destruction is getting a localization and will release in North America and Europe sometime in Spring 2016. In Trillion: God of Destruction, you play as Zeabolos...

Pile revealed a preview music video for new single Dream Trigger. Her 3rd major label single has tie-up as 3rd theme song for anime World Trigger. Single Dream Trigger comes on four editions releasing November 4th 2015.

Compile Heart's upcoming dungeon crawler Death Beneath the Labyrinth. Its latest trailer shows how they'll be put to action in battle. The basics of battle will have you team up each heroine with a Guardian.

Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it has launched a joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation, signing a deal to create a company focused on funding anime co-production projects.

By Sato . October 22, 2015 . 2:00am Spike Chunsoft and tri-Ace are collaborating for Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky, an upcoming "side-view" RPG for PlayStation 4 and Vita, featuring Valkyrie Profile-like gameplay and music by Motoi Saku...

The "0rder" battle will involve a synchronization between your partners' feelings. The bond between the protagonist and the Digimon will be the key to what Bandai Namco called an "evolved AI battle. " All of the Digimon's growth will be shown in r...

It's only October and the Christmas season is approaching fast. AniSugar is already rolling out their selection of anime-themed Christmas cakes, and there's a nice variety to choose from. The price for all the cakes are 4,980 yen ($41.

Here's a promo for the original anime series Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei by Production IMS studio (animation in Shinmai Maou no Testament and Date A Live) and director Noriaki Akitaya (Bakuman).

Image provided in press release In terms of real life experience opportunities surrounding video game franchises, in 2014 Bethesda Softworks teamed up with Warner Bros. Movie World to host an 'The Evil Within' inspired maze during the theme parks ...

Some big things are brewing for Kōhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia manga, which is published in North America by Viz Media. First up is the reveal that a new spin-off manga from Hirofumi Neda, My Hero Academia Smash!

The ongoing saga between Konami and their employee, the legendary Hideo Kojima, has taken a weird turn as Kojima has been reported to have already left the company, however, Konami is denying that he has already left the company.

It looks like the hot, shirtless boys of Iron-Blooded Orphans aren't the only game in town when it comes to Gundam. There's also the undying chronicles of the Universal Century, which Bandai will never abandon so long as there are plastic Zakus to...

Sometimes, you just feel awkward while watching an anime. That is not to say the series are bad, but something about the characters, jokes, or writing is just cringe inducing. 1. WataMote WataMote isn't a bad anime, but the amount of awkwardness t...

The first Yo-Kai Watch game hits Nintendo 3DS in North America on November 6, and a new trailer is here to prime everyone on the gameplay. Watch Nintendo's latest English preview below. ------- Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku US...

During the last E3, Square Enix announced the most in demand remake of all time, Final Fantasy VII. However, from a recently released annual report, it seems that Final Fantasy VII is only the beginning of the remakes they have in store for the fu...

The suspects recruited actors for porn shoots in Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama OSAKA (TR) - Osaka Prefectural Police on Tuesday announced the bust of a fraud ring that targeted men who wished to star in the pornography business, reports Sports Hochi ...

It is confirmed that 34-year-old Japanese light novel writer Manta Aisora, best known for his Haiyore! Nyaruko-san series, is now working on a novel adaptation of Kotoyama's dagashi (cheap sweets)-themed manga Dagashi Kashi.

Even as the world of otaku becomes an increasingly co-ed one, many of Japan's obsessive fans of anime, video games, and other forms of pop culture struggle in finding a romantic partner. That's where Aeullura, a matchmaking company specializing in...

Great news for "My Hero Academia" manga fans! The manga series will be shifting to anime territory soon. Fandom post reveals that Kouhei Horikoshi's "My Hero Academia" will definitely be adapted to an anime series soon.

3 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 2 Google+ 0 Reddit 0 Buffer 0 StumbleUpon 1 3 Flares × After months of waiting and being teased with various posters and concept art, we can now see what the Evangelion Shinkansen train looks like thanks to Japanese rai...